Your right Threegee, Bedlington could be a thriving gold mine with the tills ringing to the sound of dollors and other curencies but as you say there are no Holiday inns in Bedlington, last time I check the web there wasent even bed and breakfast gust house advertised. It's sad but with the right initiative and investment Bedlington could rise from the ashes, the dog alone has given it a world wide name. One Bedlingtonian you forgot was Anne Ogle Victorian novelist but I can not find much information about her.